Private investment in Africa's agriculture is rising. says Neil Crowder of British firm Chayton Africa, which recently acquired a farm in Zambia.

Principles for responsible agriculture investment are stock templates, designed to deflect the fallout from a growing number of media reports of land deals between investors and governments.

A Kazakh opposition leader is urging President Nursultan Nazarbaev to confirm or deny a report about an alleged deal he made in Beijing to lease Kazakh farmland to China, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.

Papers for the LDPI conference on global land grab (University of Sussex, UK, 6-8 April 2011) are being posted online at the Future Agricultures website

Company approaching 10 other state-owned companies from Chongqing Municipality to fund the construction of massive soybean production facility in the Brazilian state of Bahia

Indore-based Ruchi Group plans to grow oil palm in Cambodia on 20,000 ha.

According to Rahat Aliev, on 21 February 2011 Kazakh President Nazarbayev signed an agreement with the Chinese government handing over one million hectares of fertile farmland on lease for 99 years

Local food companies are not financially capable of investing in farmlands abroad to grow basic staples that would insulate them from soaring prices of raw materials, they said on the sidelines of Gulfood 2011.

The final version of the appeal is open for endorsement on-line until March 31, 2011

Mohd Bakke Salleh, president and group chief executive of Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur earlier today that the group has identified 300,000 hectares (ha) of land in Cameroon that could be suitable for palm oil plantation.

The world's biggest listed palm oil firm, is on the lookout for more land, in a move sure to fuel the global grab for arable land as food prices remain high.

South Africa’s biggest farmers union, Agri SA, said its members are seeking to expand into Egypt, Morocco and Sudan while putting plans to enter Libya on hold